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so fast as when started by a dog. All other rabbit 

 shooting is so well known, that my fancying I could 

 give instructions on the subject would be like the 

 Lisbon barber informing Baretti that grapes grew in 

 Portugal. Though one word more (by the by) : - 

 In shooting a rabbit, always consider the foremost 

 half of him as your target, or he will probably be 

 shot in a slovenly manner ; and if there is an earth 

 near, most likely scramble to it, and make his 

 escape. 



REDWING, SWINEPIPE, or WIND THRUSH*. 

 Turdus iliacus Le maums. 



The redwing is a smaller bird than the fieldfare, 

 and not so wild ; but its habits are much the same 

 as those of that bird. 



When redwings appear on the eastern coast, they 

 as commonly announce the approach of the woodcock, 

 as does the arrival of the wryneck that of the cuckoo 

 in the south. 



ROCKBIRDS. 



Those, which are commonly called rocWirds, are 

 the various tribes of the Guillemot and Auk or 

 Penguin Genus, which, previously to the month of 

 May, assemble by myriads, to breed among the cliffs 

 that surround the British Isles. For brevity's sake, 



* The last of these three is in many places the provincial name 

 given to the missel bird, or storm thrush. 



